*** You may buy a PDF from www.denisound.com/node/32 by emailing the author. Price is the same but no shipping cost.*** The Pathway to Excellence for Piano Beginners is a must have book for those who started studying piano. This book is a useful resource for piano teachers to help them keep the progress of their students rapid and successful. This book was created by Denis Khvatov (1969 —), a Soviet born Canadian pianist, composer and piano teacher. He studied piano and pedagogy at the Gnessins college and institute. His piano teaching experience and composing talent have been implemented in this book. In this book he compiled and edited short studies for various techniques written by C. Czerny, L. Schytte, A. Diabelli, C. Gurlitt, F. Le Couppey, and A. Loeschhorn. In addition, many studies for this book were written by D. Khvatov. There are more than 60 studies in this book. Studies that share the same melody or technique are placed together as a set. The Studies section is followed by the Exercises section. Besides exercises for thumb crossing, fingers independence, grace notes you may find some selected exercises by Hanon. The range of difficulty is compatible with Canadian RCM Levels I through III and above. Please visit www.denisound.com website to get information about Denis Khvatov, learn about his music and contact the author.